How to install the latest version of Vim on macOS?

Question

I'd use Homebrew to install Vim on macOS, with brew install vim, but the Homebrew Formula for Vim seems to install many additional features that I don't need. For example, while I do plan on using Vim to edit Ruby files, I don't plan on using the Ruby interface to Vim. (See :help ruby.)

So, when compiling Vim on macOS, what features should I include or leave out (that aren't already included or left out by default), and are there any other custom configuration options I should set?

Interestingly, many people seem to share the settings & plugins they use when running Vim, but not many seem to share the configurations & features they use when compiling Vim.

Answer 1

Compile Vim via MacPorts

Macports provides currently a more granular installation approach for vim than homebrew:

It offers the feature variants tiny, small, big, and huge. You can add specifically the interfaces for ruby, perl, lua, python.

For all variants see https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=library&substr=vim

However, you can add this functionality to the homebrew formula as well (https://docs.brew.sh/Formula-Cookbook#specifying-other-formulae-as-dependencies). Others might appreciate it.

On the other hand as it has been mentioned: compiling with huge by default and adding all interfaces is not really a performance problem. Also you can notice later on that you miss something. You will not run into this situation for the current build and therefore works for everyone.